Our interest here is in exammmg the functioning of professionals in work organizations. It is
easy to characterize professions in terms of specialized and extended training, incorporating …

This paper, one in a series about the priorities of the professoriate, explores some creative
employment practices which will stimulate campus discussions of faculty employment …

Discusses the place and position of the professional in society today. Wilbert E. Moore
attempts to define the characteristics of the professional and to describe the attributes that …

An increasing proportion of the American work force is composed of professional and" semi-
professional" employees working for organizations: teachers, college professors, nurses …

The study of professionaYorganizationa1 relationships evolved from early efforts of
sociologists first to characterize “professions,” as a distinct type of occupational group, by …

An increasing amount of research has recently been devoted to the complex dynamics
surrounding employed professionals, particularly from the standpoint of understanding the …

Abstract [Excerpt] In The System of Professions, Abbott directly confronts these important
and long-neglected issues in an original and highly thought-provoking approach to the …

As investigators go through the organizational career, they tend—as validated scientists—to
choose as bases of operations in the organizational structure those different footholds that …

Sixteen authors of various backgrounds have contributed original papers to the book which
evaluates the role of the professions in society today and assesses their likely roles in the …

Organization theory has been preoccupied for many years with the bureaucratic form.
Insufficient attention has been given to alternative designs, including, in particular …